Nick Baker
Resume

Resume

Summary

Collaborative UX designer with 12 years of experience. I love building simple solutions to complex problems and creating intuitive designs. Good communication, both internally and with customers, makes the best products.

Professional Experience

Freelance Designer
Aug 2023 – Present
Seattle, WA

● Served multiple clients on projects ranging from graphic design to UX and prototyping

Sr UX Designer
INRIX · Contract
Oct 2021 – Aug 2023
Kirkland, WA

● Created application features for INRIX’s SAAS offerings using Figma.
● Collaborated with product managers and developers to craft solutions for customer needs.

Sr Designer
Microsoft · Contract
Nov 2018 – Jun 2021
Redmond, WA

● Crafted emails, forms, and landing pages for the Microsoft Visual Studio Developer Division.
● Managed and maintained the Dynamics 365 Marketing automation platform.
● Wrote documentation related to the platform for the Visual Studio team.
● Onboarded new users and assisted them in running autonomously.

Sr UX Designer
Microsoft · Contract
Jan 2018 – Apr 2018
Redmond, WA

● Designed landing page experiences for Visual Studio.
● Created A/B testing variants using Figma and Photoshop.
● Implemented tests using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript on the Optimizely platform.
● Gathered qualitative and quantitative user acquisition data and distributed it to stakeholders.

Content Manager
Onvia · Full-time
Jul 2017 – Dec 2017
Seattle, WA

● Developed new portions of the website using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
● Conducted landing page A/B testing using Optimizely.
● Ran reports on lead generation and user behavior from Marketo and Google Analytics.
● Distributed weekly reports to the team.

Product Designer
Microsoft · Contract
Jun 2016 – Jun 2017
Redmond, WA

● Created features for Microsoft PowerApps using Adobe products, Sketch, and eventually Figma.
● Designed dashboards to enhance usage and implement cross-product branding.
● Developed landing page frameworks for easy A/B testing.
● Designed and built email templates using Sketch and HTML

UX Designer
Smartsheet · Full-time
Feb 2013 – Apr 2016
Bellevue, WA

● Led design efforts for the native Smartsheet mobile app (Android) and multiple web app features.
● Collaborated with the marketing team on design and development.

UI/UX Designer
iLink Systems · Full-time
Jun 2012 – Jan 2013
Redmond, WA

● Designed user interfaces for native Windows applications and Sharepoint frameworks.
● Created interactive point of sale applications.

Skills

  • User Experience (UX) Design
  • Interaction Design
  • User Research
  • Wireframing and Prototyping
  • Usability Testing
  • Visual Design
  • Figma
  • Sketch
  • Photoshop
  • Illustrator
  • After Effects
  • Premiere
  • InDesign
  • HTML, CSS, jQuery
  • WordPress, Drupal

Education

Bachelor of Science – Graphic Communication
Minnesota State University Moorhead